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package com.twitter.common.util;

import com.twitter.common.base.ExceptionalCommand;
import com.twitter.common.quantity.Amount;
import com.twitter.common.quantity.Time;

/**
 * Asynchronous executor of enqueued tasks in a rate limited manner.
 *
 * @author Srinivasan Rajagopal
 */
public interface CommandExecutor {

  /**
   * Enqueue a task to be executed with retry semantics defined.
   *
   * @param name Human readable name for this task.
   * @param task task to execute.
   * @param exceptionClass Concrete exception type.
   * @param maxTries num of tries in case of failure.
   * @param retryDelay interval between retries in case of failure.
   */
  <E extends Exception> void execute(
          String name,
          ExceptionalCommand<E> task,
          Class<E> exceptionClass,
          int maxTries,
          Amount<Long, Time> retryDelay);
}
